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The Radical Centre

Australian politics is broken, torn between Left and Right, progressives and conservatives, populists and career politicians. Nothing is being fixed. The 80% of us in The Radical Centre need to take charge. And we need to do it quickly.

Neither Left nor Right can tackle the country's debt and deficit crisis.

Australia's debt and fiscal crisis can't be solved by Left or Right. The Right cannot cut public spending without pushing vulnerable people to Labor for protection, putting themselves out of office. But Labor in power is addicted to wasteful public spending and blows out the country's debt. Voters then reinstate the Liberals to fix the debt but they are unable to do it. This cycle is then repeated. It perpetuates our financial crisis and entrenches our economic problems.

Neither progressives nor conservatives can end the 'culture wars'.

Australian history is neither all good nor all bad. It is a work in progress, requiring a careful balance between rights and responsibilities. That balance is now threatened by Me-First individualism on Left and Right. Identity politics and political correctness on the Left, and libertarianism on the Right, both undermine family and community relationships, weaken social and moral cohesion, and fuel divisive 'culture wars'.

Neither career politicians nor populists can empower citizens.

Australians have had enough of career politicians who have never had real jobs. They've overseen the growth of Big Government and Big Business for decades. Protectionism and libertarianism, though, are false hopes. Populists and career politicians both tend to increase their own power and that of government instead of shifting power away from government and big business to families, communities, small businesses and mutual self-help initiatives.

Become a Member of The Radical Centre

To fix our broken politics, we need a strong movement of the 80% of Australians in The Radical Centre - people who are grounded in their families and communities, who think good personal and social relationships are the most important thing in life, who do not aspire to be politicians or activists, and who are thoughtful in their outlook and courteous in their manner.

A movement of this kind is needed to take charge of our parliaments and institutions. If we, the 80%, can't rise to the occasion and get organised, Australia will decline rapidly, a casualty of endless warfare between Left and Right, progressives and conservatives, career politicians and populists.

Members of The Radical Centre may be people who have never been involved in a political organisation before, or people who are members of existing political parties. Either way, you will be welcome. All we ask is that you tell us of any affiliations you may have when you join up.

Our first task is to bring people together in each federal electorate to build up our confidence, our skills, our leadership, and our ability to develop solutions for the social and economic problems we face. Members in each federal electorate (there are 150 across Australia) are encouraged to meet up and take initiatives as they see fit (discussions, policy forums, self-education, campaigns).

Throughout 2018, members in each electorate will identify important issues and select a candidate to support in the 2019 federal election - that candidate may be an independent or a member of an existing party, providing they meet the criteriain our Five Star Campaign.